The body of a man in his 40s was found in a open area in northern Israel, according to Israeli media reports on Thursday.According to Kan News, the victim is Rabia Araidi, son of former Israeli ambassador to Norway professor Naim Araidi.Kan News further stated, citing the police, that the background to the crime was criminal.

Israel Air Force fighter jets attacked military structures belonging to Hezbollah in the Al-Jarmal area in southern Lebanon in response to alerts activated across northern Israel, the IDF announced Thursday. Alerts were activated in northern Israel at 8:01 p.m. following fears of hostile aircraft infiltrations, though it was a false identification. Following alerts in Ya'ara, in northern Israel, two missiles were detected as crossing from Lebanon and fell in open areas, with no casualties reported, the IDF noted.

Students in institutions of higher education throughout Israel are set to strike on Thursday for the duration of the whole day, 120 minutes, or 250 minutes, in a call to return the hostages. "Today, classes will be shut down in dozens of higher education institutions across the country for 120 or 250 minutes in a joint message calling for the immediate return of all the hostages, the rehabilitation of the living, and the burial of those who have been murdered," the National Union of Israeli Students stated.